Topology Manager User Interface Description

Context Menu Commands

The Topology Manager makes extensive use of context menu commands, which you can access by right-clicking various objects of the user interface, such as windows, panes, nodes, rows, devices.

NOTE: To change the display language, use the Control Expert language selection tool.

Topology Manager Window

Item	Description
1	Refer to the topic describing views.
2	Refer to the topic describing panes.

Toolbar Description

Item	Description
1	Opens the Start Page.
2	Lets you print the contents of the active window to file (for example, PDF). The button is available only for certain views, such as physical views or rack views.
3	Undo and redo buttons. Lets you undo/redo actions recorded in the history of actions of the system project that is open. You can view the history of actions and undo/redo several actions at once by using the HISTORY pane.
4	Cut, copy, and paste buttons. Refer to the description of views and panes for more information on how to use the functionality.
5	Opens the Views menu, which lets you open various views and panes of the Topology Manager. If a view or pane is already open, it becomes the active one. The menu does not let you to open views of which you can open several instances per system project, such as physical views.
6	Analyzes the consistency of the system project.
7	Activates/deactivates system monitoring. The button is highlighted when system monitoring is active.
8	Opens the Tools menu, which contains the following submenus:
	Update DTM Catalog	Lets you update the local DTM Hardware Catalog with the DTMs that you have installed by using an executable or the EDS/GSD installation tool. This also updates the DTM Hardware Catalog of Control Expert Classic.
	Analyze DTMs	Opens the DTM Audit Tool, which compares the DTMs that are used by devices of the system project with those installed on the computer and informs you of discrepancies.
	Manage EDS Library	Contains commands that let you manage the EDS files, which are used to create DTMs for EtherNet/IP devices.
	Manage GSD Library	Contains commands that let you add and remove GSD files, which are used to create DTMs for PROFIBUS devices. Additional commands let you export the GSD files that are installed on the local computer to a library file and import such a file.
	Control Engineering	Contains commands that open the EcoStruxure Control Engineering web platform in a window inside the Topology Manager. The URL appears in the Networks And Servers section of the User Preferences window. Internet connection and registration required. NOTE: Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime needs to be installed on the local computer.
9	Opens the User Preferences window.
10	Switches the active view to full screen mode. Does not work when the active view is a floating window.
11	Opens the Help menu, which contains the following submenus:
	Help	Opens the Control Expert global HTML help.
	System Project Engineering Workflow	Opens a help page, which describes the main steps to engineer a control system.
	Modicon Community	Contains commands that open the Schneider Electric Exchange web platform in a window inside the Topology Manager. It lets you: Suggest an idea and search ideas and features. Search the Modicon knowledge base. Internet connection required. NOTE: Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime needs to be installed on the local computer.
	Technical Support	Opens a dialog box from where you can save log files.
	About	Opens the About dialog box from where you can start a self-test of the local Control Expert installation. The Technical Information section lets you see which hotfixes are installed and what they apply to. Control Expert: The hotfix applies to the Topology Manager. Control Expert Classic: The hotfix applies to Control Expert Editor and Control Expert Classic.
12	Network address of the system server to which Control Expert is connected and name of the system project that is open.
13	Notification icon. Lets you view notifications generated by the system server to which you are connected. Click the icon to view the list of notifications. Once you delete a notification, you cannot view it anymore.
14	Click the icon to view the following information: Name that was entered to log in to the Control Expert instance (top). Domain\Username of the user who is logged in to the local computer (bottom). The Lock command locks the user interface of the Control Expert instance. Operations that are in progress continue executing while the lock is active. To unlock, you must enter in the Login dialog box the password of the user who is logged in . NOTE: You can disable the automatic lock and configure the inactivity period after which the lock is active.